“Yes, exactly this time, use the expression that I taught you…”

Mo Xiaohua sent a message to Ouyang Mu, pointing him in the right direction remotely.

Ouyang Mu suddenly felt an inexplicable joy in his heart.

The expression he had practiced all night was finally going to be used.

First, he put on a serious face to show his firm Dao heart, unmoved, but his gaze was still slightly averted, revealing his inner wavering and longing for higher level sword forging skills…

The Evil Artifact Master smiled slightly.

He took the bait!

This little brat, his seven emotions and six desires were all written on his face, his thoughts were completely transparent at a glance.

Although his expression was a bit stiff.

But for a wooden person, inner conflict and a stiff expression were also normal.

The Evil Artifact Master continued: “This Ten Thousand Demons Valley is heavily guarded, completely sealed off, with only one main road leading out of the valley center, controlled by the leader.”

The Evil Artifact Master’s gaze sharpened, “That road is sealed by a very profound and obscure formation method. Up to now, I have only seen the leader draw this formation method.”

“If you don’t grasp the essence of the formation method, not to mention ordinary second-grade formation masters, even third-grade and fourth-grade formation masters who come will be helpless…”

Speaking of this, the Evil Artifact Master suddenly became a little emotional.

“The difference in skill between formation masters is truly too great compared to artifact refining masters.”

“The barriers between formation methods are also far more profound and unfathomable than artifact refining…”

“No wonder the status of us artifact refining masters is far inferior to that of formation masters…”

The Evil Artifact Master turned his head, looked at Ouyang Mu, and said in a hoarse voice:

“The reason I’m telling you this is to make you understand that since you’ve entered Ten Thousand Demons Valley, you should give up and not have any unrealistic delusions.”

“Rather than resisting fearlessly and dying here, being eaten by demonic beasts with no bones left, it’s better to bear the burden and move forward, spending all the remaining time of your life forging swords.”

“Even if you step onto the evil path, even if you never recover after ten thousand tribulations, you cannot lose your ambition to forge supreme sword artifacts…”

Mo Xiaohua listened and suddenly understood.

This old Evil Artifact Master actually still had such ambition, which was quite… eye-opening.

Moreover, the information he revealed was also very thought-provoking.

Only one main road out of the valley center, controlled by the “leader.”

A very profound and obscure formation method sealed the road.

Third-grade and fourth-grade formation masters might be helpless…

Could that be… a Divine Dao formation method?

And this “leader” can control a Divine Dao formation method, which means he is very likely a Divine Dao formation master?

Mo Xiaohua was slightly shocked in his heart.

A genuine Divine Dao formation master…

Must be an expert!

If he had the opportunity, he must meet him, learn something from him, and then find a way to kill him.

The Divine Dao formation method must be learned.

But the Divine Dao formation master must absolutely not be allowed to live!

After listening to the Evil Artifact Master’s words, the little wooden block on that side was still a bit bewildered, at a loss.

Mo Xiaohua then continued to guide him in his performance:

“Put a bit of despair in your expression…”

“You want to act as if you can’t get out, that you’re trapped here for your whole life, that you can only be an Evil Artifact Master for your whole life and can’t become a true sword forging master…”

Ouyang Mu’s expression was indeed despairing.

“Then show contemplation in your eyes, a little conflicted…”

“Conflicted about whether you want to persist in the righteous path and die rather than surrender, or retreat and settle for second best, pursuing the path of artifact refining by forging evil swords…”

This was unnecessary to say, Ouyang Mu was already very conflicted.

“Finally, make your gaze firm, make a decision…”

“Even if you forge evil swords, you still want to become an unparalleled evil sword master, forge the world’s first evil path demonic sword, and seek the supreme great path at the peak of sword artifacts!”

Ouyang Mu automatically changed the words “evil sword” to “spirit sword”, and then a surge of excitement indeed rose in his heart.

“Yes, that’s right, I want to be the greatest sword forging master!”

Ouyang Mu’s wooden expression was as firm as a mountain, and his eyes burst with flame-like fighting spirit and enthusiasm.

The Evil Artifact Master was startled, and even felt that at this moment Ouyang Mu was somewhat dazzling.

This kind of pure obsession with sword forging made him feel a sense of shame.

But in a flash, these emotions were all hidden away.

The Evil Artifact Master nodded: “Very good!”

Many times, people’s words can be faked, but emotions cannot.

Ouyang Mu’s inner struggle was almost clearly displayed on his face, which was more convincing than his words.

The Evil Artifact Master was confident in his ability to read people, and he wouldn’t be wrong.

As he did yesterday, he took out a white bone and handed it to Ouyang Mu, saying lightly:

“Refine this white bone and fuse it with refined iron. Since you are an Ouyang family disciple, you should know all the artifact refining techniques, I don’t need to say more…”

The tone of these words was cold, but his attitude had eased a lot.

Ouyang Mu hesitated for a moment, lowered his head and looked at his sleeve, seeing Mo Xiaohua transmit a word: “Refine.”

The words of this old demon cultivator were not entirely correct, but not completely wrong either.

After a person dies, their white bones are just dead objects. After being purely refined and fused with refined iron, it doesn’t count as much, and it won’t immediately make him fall into the hands of the Evil Artifact Master.

But refining artifacts with human blood, human skin, and human bones is prohibited…

This kind of rule is strictly stipulated by the Dao Court.

Because once it’s not strictly stipulated, people will find loopholes.

Once an artifact refining master starts using human bones to refine artifacts, over time, it will become a habit, and eventually, they will actively kill people, exterminate clans, and peel off human bones to refine artifacts.

Do not do evil, no matter how small.

So preventing it in advance is necessary.

At this time, Ouyang Mu’s situation was special. He was coerced by a demon cultivator. It was not a transgression to refine a little human bone when his life was at stake, so it was excusable.

Even in the Dao Court office, there is a saying.

This is called “emergency avoidance of danger.”

Mo Xiaohua often dealt with the Dao Court office officer Gu Changhuai, and he knew quite a lot of this kind of minor knowledge.

Ouyang Mu put his heart at ease.

“Senior Brother Mo knows a lot, if he says refine it, then refine it…”

So he silently took the white bone, and according to the artifact refining process, carefully refined the white bone and fused it into the refined iron next to it.

The old demon cultivator stared for a while, put his heart at ease, and then turned back to do his own thing.

In the dim green furnace fire, the white bone gradually melted and fused with the refined iron…

When refining artifacts, Ouyang Mu was very focused and meticulous in his attitude.

After a while, Mo Xiaohua couldn’t bear to watch any longer, so he transmitted a message:

“You drag the work a bit…”

“Ah?”

Ouyang Mu was startled.

The old demon cultivator next to him heard the sound, frowned and looked over, asking: “What happened?”

Ouyang Mu shook his head, “Nothing, I made a mistake…”

Making a mistake while refining artifacts was very normal.

The old demon cultivator didn’t care, then turned his head and continued to stare at a piece of demonic skin paper in his hand, meticulously studying it, not knowing what he was recording.

But he still kept some of his attention to monitor Ouyang Mu.

Ouyang Mu pretended to be honest for a while, then looked at the message transmission order, and saw Mo Xiaohua’s message:

“You drag it out for a while, don’t refine so fast, show that you are very tormented inside, although you have decided to step onto the path of ‘evil sword master’, your heart hasn’t transformed for a while, so you are hesitant…”

“Otherwise, if you refine so fast, once this white bone is refined, that old thing will definitely make you refine other more evil things…”

Ouyang Mu nodded.

Senior Brother Mo didn’t let him down, he was really thoughtful.

These were things he just couldn’t think of.

So his face revealed conflict, and the speed of refining the white bone also slowed down. Occasionally, he still frowned, his expression was painful, and he even deliberately made some small mistakes, appearing absent-minded.

The old demon cultivator saw all of this.

He didn’t say anything.

Until Ouyang Mu finished refining the white bone, more than half the time had already passed. The old demon cultivator then said:

“That’s enough for today, tomorrow I’ll teach you something else.”

Ouyang Mu put down his hand, the refined iron fused with the white bone of a dead person, silently breathed a long sigh of relief, and cupped his hand towards the old demon cultivator, but didn’t say anything.

Not long after, a demon cultivator came in and led Ouyang Mu away.

After Ouyang Mu left, the old demon cultivator picked up the piece of refined iron, just glanced at it, and then nodded: “It’s the Ouyang family’s sword forging method…”

He said this with some emotion.

Afterwards, he let out another cold laugh, “Dragging it out, trying to fool me…”

“But it doesn’t matter,” the old demon cultivator let out a long sigh, his gaze meaningful, and he muttered: “It’s fine as long as you can refine the sword for me…”

After the old demon cultivator finished speaking, he took out the demonic skin paper again, his fingers trembling as he touched the diagrams on it, his gaze as if it were a treasure.

Mo Xiaohua was far away, and the angle was not good. Vaguely, he simply couldn’t see clearly what was drawn on the demonic skin paper.

He thought about getting closer to take a look, but felt there was a risk, so he decided against it.

Anyway, there would be other opportunities later.

Mo Xiaohua quietly and silently returned the long way.

He first returned to his formation pivot secret room.

Now, this secret room inside Ten Thousand Demons Valley, which had been sealed in dust for a long time, had become his “base.”

Mo Xiaohua first reported the situation to Elder Xun Ziyu, letting them know what was going on.

Then he summarized all the intelligence he had gathered.

Afterwards, Mo Xiaohua scratched his head and realized a problem:

He seemed to have been inside this Ten Thousand Demons Valley for a very long time…

He had no concerns himself and could stay as long as he wanted, but the three little wooden blocks were different. They were captured, and the longer they stayed, the more unfavorable the situation would be.

Moreover, Mo Xiaohua almost forgot, he was now a sect disciple.

He still had to attend classes.

Although Elder Xun could ask for leave for him, asking for too much leave was also not good, and his lessons would fall behind.

What’s more, there was Old Master Xun.

By now, Old Master Xun probably already knew everything, and he certainly couldn’t make the old man worry more.

Mo Xiaohua nodded.

“Need to speed up the actions…”

The current progress was still too slow.

Ten Thousand Demons Valley was so big, he didn’t know how long it would take to explore it thoroughly.

“First save the three little wooden blocks, then according to the old rule, call Elder Xun to flatten Ten Thousand Demons Valley, and then I’ll turn back and slowly pluck the wool…”

Outside Ten Thousand Demons Valley.

Xun Ziyu looked at the blood-colored valley in front of him, his brow furrowed tightly.

These days, he had brought the inner sect elders and disciples to garrison outside, and it was impossible to do nothing.

But there was a river of blood and white bones in front, and they couldn’t cross.

Xun Ziyu invited several third-grade formation master elders from within Taixu Gate to come and take a look.

Several formation master elders studied it for several days, their expressions at first bewildered, and then becoming more and more serious.

“Ziyu, this is a place for raising evil spirits.”

An elegant formation law elder from within Taixu Gate said.

This formation law elder was also from Old Master Xun’s later generation, surnamed Xun, named Zixian, and was one of the top third-grade formation law elders in the inner sect of Taixu Gate.

“Raising evil spirits?”

Xun Ziyu was startled.

“That’s right,” Xun Zixian said, “What you said before is not wrong, that child Mo Xiaohua’s eyesight is indeed quite sharp, he saw through most of the things…”

Xun Zixian sighed: “An evil formation is indeed arranged here, using white bones as the medium and blood water as ink, forming a ‘raising evil’ place.”

“But Mo Xiaohua is after all only a second-grade formation master, although his talent and ability are all… astonishing talent…”

Xun Zixian used the four words “astonishing talent.”

He was a Golden Core realm, deeply learned third-grade formation law elder who had seen a lot.

But even so, he still felt that Mo Xiaohua’s formation law talent was somewhat unbelievable.

Even, precisely because of his deep family learning and vast experience, he truly understood that using the four words “astonishing talent” to describe Mo Xiaohua was not excessive at all.

Among the crowd of elders and disciples seated here, those who didn’t have family learning in formation law and weren’t proficient in formation law could hardly understand how outrageous Mo Xiaohua’s formation law attainments actually were.

But then again, Mo Xiaohua was still only a second-grade formation master after all.

Xun Zixian said: “Limited by his cultivation realm and formation master grade, there are some places that Mo Xiaohua, this child, still cannot see through.”

Of course, this was a problem of the formation law patterns brought about by his realm, it wasn’t his fault…

Xun Zixian silently added in his heart.

“What do you mean?” Xun Ziyu asked.

Xun Zixian raised his head, looked at the Ten Thousand Demons Valley in front of him, and said in a grave tone:

“This Ten Thousand Demons Valley is an overall evil path building throughout with a large formation method. These evil arrays are just a part of it.”

“Moreover, this structure is very special, it must be from a certain type of demon gate with a long inheritance. If I guess correctly, it should be…”

“Ten Thousand Demons Mountain?” Xun Ziyu interrupted.

He was an elder of Taixu Gate and knew quite a lot about these demon path giants.

Xun Zixian nodded.

Xun Ziyu frowned, “It’s actually Ten Thousand Demons Mountain…”

But then he doubted again: “I still don’t quite understand, this evil array is actually so powerful? Is it second-grade or third-grade? Can’t we, this group of Golden Core realm elders, forcefully rush over?”

Xun Zixian said: “I don’t want to play the lute to a cow, you just need to know that you can’t go over for the time being.”

His appearance was elegant, but sometimes his words were quite irritating.

Formation masters all had this arrogant problem.

Comparatively, Mo Xiaohua seemed too “lovable.”

Xun Ziyu sighed, “Just say it simply, let me just have a general understanding… This matter is important. If it were any other day, I wouldn’t dig to the root, but the situation is special now, you should at least tell me clearly.”

Xun Zixian was silent for a while, felt it was reasonable, thought for a moment, pointed at the place with the blood river and white bones in front, and said:

“In front of this, countless evil spirits are being raised.”

“This I know, both you and Mo Xiaohua said so,” Xun Ziyu said.

“But these evil spirits are actually not being raised here.”

Xun Ziyu was startled, “What do you mean?”

Xun Zixian frowned, “This inherent principle, I can’t assert too well without seeing the specific formation diagram, but from visual inspection, the formation law here is an interweaving of the virtual and the real.”

“Interweaving of the virtual and the real?”

Xun Zixian said: “Borrowing some great power, it will preliminarily reflect and fuse the physical world and divine thought, and build it through formation law.”

Reflection and fusion of reality and divine thought?

Xun Ziyu gasped, “What level of great power is needed for this?”

Xun Zixian shook his head, his gaze grave.

He had some vague guesses in his heart, but it was inconvenient to say clearly.

Moreover, part of it involved the secret of the Taixu divine thought turning into a sword true formula “Zhanshen”. When he was a formation master before, he was also interested in the path of divine thought and had researched some divine thought methods.

But divine thought methods were too profound and difficult, he couldn’t master them.

Moreover, some rumors were hard to distinguish between true and false, and he had no way to assert.

“You said this is a large formation law, it shouldn’t be… a great array, right?” Xun Ziyu was a little worried.

“No, it’s not that easy to build a great array,” Xun Zixian said.

“That’s good…” Xun Ziyu breathed a sigh of relief, then asked again, “Then can you solve this formation law for me?”

Xun Zixian sighed: “If I could solve it, I would have solved it long ago.”

Then he showed an expression that was a bit disdainful of playing the lute to a cow, but had to play the lute to a cow:

“Moreover, I just told you before, this set of formation law is based on divine thought, and the true array medium, array patterns, array pivots, and array eyes are all hidden deep within Ten Thousand Demons Valley.”

“The evil spirits in front seem to be close at hand. If you rush over rashly, they will also swallow your divine sense.”

“But their bodies are actually fundamentally not here.”

“This is a place for raising evil, but it is only a projection of the true place for raising evil. We fundamentally don’t know where these evil spirits are being ‘raised’…”

This set of words, Xun Zixian had said more than once.

But Xun Ziyu actually still didn’t understand too well, so although Xun Zixian said it again, he still half understood and half didn’t.

However, he didn’t want to say it clearly, he could only pretend to understand and nod.

Afterwards, he frowned, “What is the origin of such a strange formation law?”

Xun Zixian’s expression was solemn, he frowned and thought, and suddenly asked:

“Did that child Mo Xiaohua mention ‘Divine Dao formation law’ to you?”

“Um.” Xun Ziyu nodded, then asked: “Is this ‘Divine Dao formation law’?”

Xun Zixian pondered over and over, sighed, “Very likely… but I’m not sure either. Divine Dao formation law has almost been lost in transmission. Not to mention a complete formation diagram, even some incomplete records are very few.”

“But if this is really Divine Dao formation law…”

Xun Zixian’s gaze became extremely grave, and his tone also became much more serious, “Then within this Ten Thousand Demons Valley, it is very likely that a whole vein of extremely profound Divine Dao formation law inheritance is hidden.”

“Otherwise, it would be impossible to build such a complete, exquisite, and grand Divine Dao formation law system…”

“And the formation master who can set up a Divine Dao formation law of this scale and grandeur, which has almost been lost in transmission, is probably also… very terrifying…”

Xun Ziyu’s expression changed, “Then Mo Xiaohua and the others are not in danger?”

Xun Zixian nodded and sighed: “Hold the Void Sword Order that the ancestor gave you tightly in your hand. If anything goes wrong, absolutely don’t try to save them.”

Xun Ziyu nodded seriously.

Afterwards, he thought of it and wanted to tell Mo Xiaohua about these things as well.

The more Mo Xiaohua knew inside, the more useful it would be.

It was just that there were too many words, and the Yuan Magnetic induction interfered. For a while, he couldn’t send them out, or when he did send them out, they were intermittent.

He could only endure his temper and send them bit by bit.

Inside Ten Thousand Demons Valley.

Mo Xiaohua received the messages, but the messages were sometimes there and sometimes not, the characters were stuck together into a block, and he couldn’t distinguish them clearly for a while.

If large pieces of text weren’t connected, it was easy to produce ambiguity.

He planned to read them later.

And soon, Ouyang Mu started again under Mo Xiaohua’s guidance, following the old demon cultivator to learn to refine evil swords.

Naturally, Mo Xiaohua was not as proficient in the specific artifact refining techniques as Ouyang Mu.

But which materials could be used, which techniques had problems, and which would cause evil thoughts to enter the brain, Mo Xiaohua could distinguish clearly.

Therefore, Ouyang Mu refined somewhat perfunctorily.

But the old demon cultivator actually seemed to turn a blind eye and didn’t care at all.

So after refining for a while, the old demon cultivator nodded, and in his turbid gaze, a trace of imperceptible sharpness was hidden:

“Now, I will teach you to forge the sword bone.”

Ouyang Mu frowned.

Other things could be done perfunctorily, but the sword bone was the core of sword forging. It was clearly either righteous or evil, and could not be done perfunctorily at all.

Ouyang Mu said: “I can forge the sword bone…”

“No, you can’t,” the old demon cultivator smiled sinisterly, his voice hoarse, “What I teach you to refine is not a general sword bone, but…”

The old demon cultivator paused for a moment, his turbid gaze abnormally deep, and his tone was also somewhat indescribably strange.

“The sword bone of a life magic treasure used for advancing to Golden Core!”

(End of this chapter)